Reagan Seeks Active Candidacy Amid GOP Delegates
Reagan declares himself an active contender as delegates head toward the 23rd Republican National Convention. Nixon leads on first-ballot strength with Rockefeller gaining some support after Connecticut results. Delegates could shift, as Agnew endorsements loom and Maryland and other states weigh their choices.
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GOP Moves to Recruit Negroes at National Convention
The Republican Party proposes a rule to ensure no participation is barred for race, religion, color, or national origin in primaries, caucuses, or conventions. It aims to broaden involvement, noting 78 of 2,686 delegates are Black, urging state committees to act for wider participation amid legal challenges from Louisiana and Florida groups.
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Humprey McCarthy Rest as Wallace Seeks Third Party Path
Vice President Hubert Humphrey rests at his Minnesota home while Senator Eugene McCarthy stays at bay during the Democratic contest. George Wallace, leading the American Independent ticket, defeats calls for party unity and argues no real difference exists between the major parties as Albuquerque hosts his convention.
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Horphrey
Minneapolis
Eugene J. McCarthy
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Tse
Boston
George Wallace
Wallace
Albuquerque
American Independent Party
Georgia
Marvin Griffin
Alabama
Guard Protects Parley at Miami Beach Convention
A police operation surrounding the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach used a 30.06 rifle on a roof and helicopters to monitor crowds. Pickets gathered outside an eight foot fence while Dade County officers managed traffic and security with no incidents reported. A vagrancy arrest occurred after a tip led to a .22 rifle found in a hotel room housing delegates.
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Secret Service
Miami
Tn Ayith
Ozzie Kruidenter
Paul Laxalt
Wevade
James Chad Anderson
Kanab
Utah
Lost Elephant Outwits Nixon at Florida Reception
In MIAMI REACH Florida AP reports Anna the 24 year old elephant failed to greet Richard Nixon at his arrival. The elephant vanished amid a crowded lobby as federal agents locked a glass door for security outside the Ulster Plaza hotel. The handler pleaded for Anna to be allowed through but the animal disappeared in the crowd.
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Nixon
Ulston Plaza
Allies Push Drive Into Mekong Delta
Allied troops advancing in the Mekong Delta report severing a major Viet Cong transfer point, destroying 10 sampans and killing 24 Viet Cong with 7 U.S. dead and 14 wounded. U Minh forest push north of Saigon wounded Brig Gen Franklin Davis. a helicopter evacuates the general. Bombers hit a suspected communist base camp north of Saipan. steel-price actions prompt government inquiries.
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Fall Lake City
Utah
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Saipan
Two Steel Firms to Hold Line on War Steel Prices
Washington AP Tre Vortagon said five major steel producers agreed Monday to hold price increases for Vietnam war steel items. The accord involved Republic Steel Corp and Arma Steel Corp. Republic pledged no higher prices for steel used in armor shells and military wire. Arico said prices for stainless steel and seamless seamless items would not rise.
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Shell Steel
Pentagon
Washington
Tre Vortagon
Johnson
Republ¢ Steel Corp
Arma Steel Corp
Arico
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Ham Nbedluntlan
McCarthy Aide Quits Campaign After Row Over Authority
Thom as D. Finney Jr., who led Minnesota delegate efforts for Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, withdraws from the campaign amid a dispute over authority and planning for the Democratic National Convention. Finney asked for a clarified role but McCarthy declined, ending his formal ties to the effort.
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Washington
Thomas D. Finney Jr
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Finney
Chicago
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A. Mitchell
Carthy
Mitchell
Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Nebraska
Oregon
California
Switch
Kennedy
HHH McCarthy Debates Plan Set Near Democratic Convention
Negotiators for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Senator Eugene J. McCarthy tentatively schedule a 60 minute debate for the weekend before the Democratic National Convention. The rivals may appear Aug 23 or 24 with NBC CBS and ABC invited to broadcast. The debate would feature three segments on domestic issues foreign policy and the presidency.
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Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Humphrey
NBC
CBS
ABC
Two U.S. Sailors Surrender After Prolonged Stay
Ronald E. Grigwold and Freddie Ray Trobinson surrendered to police in Newcastle Australia after the U S destroyer Mansfield left 15 days ago. They planned a longer stay to race a kangaroo and agreed to pay their own air fare back to California.
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UPI
U.S
Mansfield
Newcastle
California
Ronald E.grigwold
Freddie Ray Trobinson
Independent War farming paper notices August 6 1968
The Independent War volume XXXV number 120 dated August 6 1968 from Pasadena California. This farming newspaper lists subscription rates and publication details for daily and Sunday issues. It notes address and contact placeholders and references a superior court order with a Pasadena court location.
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Peel Merly Zanith
Les
Murray
New Breed Names Listed With Nixon At GOP Convention
Four young Republican politicians Charles A. Percy Howard J. Laker Mark O. Matfield and John V. Tonday emerged as potential late presidential contenders at the Nixon era GOP convention. Nixon strategists kept pressure on the notion of a likely nomination while the new faces were briefly introduced. Barry Goldwater flew in with support for a Nixon Reagan ticket, though Reagan rejected a second place.
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Howard J. Laker
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
FTC Postpones Steel Price Quiz
The Federal Trade Commission postponed action on an investigation into steel price increases until midweek at the earliest after a request from Sen. Philip A. Hart. Hart, a Michigan senator, asked for an FTC inquiry and the panel plans to meet him to discuss the request in more detail. The meeting was tentatively set for Wednesday.
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House
Small Business Committee
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Dixon
Florida man plans London trip to prove Shakespeare fake
Calvin Hoffman of Sarasota travels to London to seek grave documents at Trinity Church Stratford upon Avon in pursuit of proving the Bard of Avon was not the author. He represents a London group and backs theories that Sir Francis Bacon or the Earl of Oxford wrote Shakespeare’s works.
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UPI
Florida
London
Avon
Calvin Hoffman
Sarasota
Hoffman
Shakespeare
Christopher Martowe
Trinity Church
Stratford-on- Avon
U. S
International Shakespeare Action Committee
Francis’ Bacon
Earl
Oxford
Flying Tigers Reach Taipei for Annual Reunion
More than 120 Flying Tigers volunteers arrived in Taipei for their annual reunion. President and Madame Chiang Kai-shek were to host the group during his five day stay.
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Formosa
UPI
Flying Tigers
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China
Japan
United States
Taipei
Chiang Kalshek
Torrential Rains Flood Iowa Cities
Heavy rains across Iowa and surrounding states caused Seine River flooding and widespread water damage. Waterloo and Cedar Falls faced up to five feet of water, with basements flooded and emergency crews sandbagging. A man died trapped in his burning Cedar Falls home and a Texas cattle buyer and his daughter perished in a Fort Dodge plane crash during the storm.
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Pacific Coast
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Cola
Great Plains
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Karr
Burwell
Neb
Waterloo
Towa
Cedar Falls
Towa. al
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Fort Dodge
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Gates Park
Tawa
The Devil’s Fiddle Sundering Forest Winds Seen
Unusual weather sounds echo in forests as storms trigger a violin like hum from wind moving through dead trees. The eerie tone resembles a fiddle, heard across Montana and Texas as hurricanes fade.
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Montana
Texas
Splashdown Rehearsed By Apollo Astronauts
Three astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham practiced splashdown aboard the Navy boat Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico. A duplicate spacecraft rode nearby as they inflated flotation devices, opened the hatch, and prepared to exit into a life raft under bright sun while a Coast Guard helicopter waited.
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Don Eisele
Walt Cunningham
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Mexico
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Price Selling Banned in South Africa by 1983
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Retail price maintenance fair trade laws will be outlawed by mid 1983 after Board of Trade and Industries recommendations were accepted by Economic Affairs Minister Jan Haak.
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South Africa
Board of Trade and Industries
Jan Haak
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